Platinum Club announcement restricted to current PC members?

Clicked on the "announcement" when I saw it (here in the "commons") and I get:

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I've been considering re-joining the PC club but i have held off for the anniversary month and now I can't even see what the announcement says? I've really been on the fence about it considering all of the problems people have been having with the pc club lately but seeing what the offer is for restarting/renewal might just tip the balance in favor of going ahead and doing it...

Nope still getting the same thing even after logging out & back in again.

I did catch the pc anniversary banner and was able to look at that page but even so I still remain on the fence at the moment. I was a pc member for several years so I do know the value of it but all the issues people have had really has me nervous about joining back up right now. I remember getting several products as a bonus for signing up in the past and was kind of hoping they had continued that.

Right now the top thing for me is the gen3 iconic shapes bundle for genesis and doing the math it looks like it will probably be a wash between just buying it outright vs. joining pc and buying it. Guess I'm going to have to think on that a bit more.

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Clicked on the "announcement" when I saw it (here in the "commons") and I get:

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I've been considering re-joining the PC club but i have held off for the anniversary month and now I can't even see what the announcement says? I've really been on the fence about it considering all of the problems people have been having with the pc club lately but seeing what the offer is for restarting/renewal might just tip the balance in favor of going ahead and doing it...

For what it's worth I'm in the exact same boat. I'm a former PC member considering joining again but have been reluctant/hesitant because of all the problems I have heard. Much of that was back when the new store first went live and everything was screwing up though, so I figured much of it might be fixed now and plus the problems seemed more intermittent then universal. So the deal maker/breaker was going to be the membership price. If it was discounted then I'd go ahead but if it wasn't then I wouldn't.

In my case though I was able to see the promo and at least at this point they're offering no discount. It looks like they are at first glance because they show the annual membership as $69 in big numbers but in smaller darker text in the graphic it says Plus $30 Activation so it's currently $99 which is full price.

I guess they're not interested in getting new members because as it currently is there is no additional incentive (compared to any time other then the PC Anniversary) for new people to join. I mean sure once you join there are deals and in general it's a nice promo as it usually is but in a failing economy it's alot to ask people to pay almost $100 for a year or almost $30 for a month first before they can access the other deals. I dunno maybe Daz thinks most people have hundreds of dollars to blow on non essentials just a few months before the big holiday season? They don't of course, well except the top 2% of the country, but hey, why let a silly thing like reality get in the way?

So no voting for 1.99 items this year? I'm very disappointed. And what a small list to choose from....last year's list had about a hundred items to choose from, with more added each week to replace those that won.

If this is all there is, count me out. I'll spend my money on other things (like a Droid X).

Already have the coupon degrade, now this is still less value for my membership.
(The coupon bit is not their fault, and they hope to restore it, someday s..., if I recall. But from the customer POV, it is still a big dent in the value).

The remaining perks are probably enough to keep me, but I've got some weighing to do, before I renew.

And what a small list to choose from....last year's list had about a hundred items to choose from, with more added each week to replace those that won.

If this is all there is, count me out. I'll spend my money on other things (like a Droid X).

I don't blame you. I wouldn't join for that.

I may pick up something in the next 3 votes, if they come up with anything I care about.

No-Genesis PC Members will be pleased to see a number non-Genesis items, but displeased that they can't get the whole mess for $79.60.(In real life, they'd skip what they have or don't want, but that'd be the max a person could get).

The 50% off is added to the 30% existing discount = 70% (Chohole noted this while I was off checking my memory on the pricing)

*Shakes the calculator* Dang it! No matter what I do I cannot seem to get 50% and 30% to add up to 70%!

The 30% is 40% for October, so .5 * .6 = .3

LOL, I had already figured out the higher math. (Although, if you add 50+30, it still isn't 70 . . . even though I know what you mean.)

Because of the wording of the message, many people may not understand the true nature of the discount. The notice makes it look like the discount is 50% off the regular prices. Someone may want to edit that.

Is this it?!?!?!?! As said the list of votable items is typically *MUCH* longer! Wow. And of these 10, how many makes the PC discounted rate?

Ouch!

-MJ

It should also be noted that the Doctor Bundle actually was in last year's PC voting (I checked my purchase history, I bought it for $1.99 last year), so anyone who participated in last year's sale likely has that one already. Journeyer Scout for M4 is also in the M4 Toughness Bundle (the first one), which was also voted into the $1.99 sale last year. And Freya's Courage Realm includes the Freya outfit which was also part of a bundle that got voted into last year's sale (think it was the Really Good Bundle, can't say for sure)...

Plus, 70% off is NOT the same as $1.99....Let's use Freya's Courage Realm as an example:

Original Cost: $39.95
With 70% Discount: $11.98

True, that's a pretty decent discount, but that's still $9.99 HIGHER than the usual PC Sale price (that's $9.99 that could go towards other items IF a $1.99 sale was going on)

It's kinda hard to justify $30 for ONE MONTH of PC Membership without the $1.99 sale. (I know, it's technically $7.95 a month, but there's a $22 activation fee....hmmm....you know, DAZ, if you were to get rid of that activation fee, even if just for the month of the PC Sale, I'm sure more people might consider joining....though again, the lack of a $1.99 sale is still a dealbreaker for me)

In years past. myself, and a few select others formed The Animals & Monsters Consortium (AMC) and we rounded up votes and basically competed with the other factions jockeying for placement in the top spots: "New Stuff", "M4 Stuff", "V4 Stuff", "A3 Stuff", etc. to ensure we got certain things we wanted every week. But thats when the list of potentials were like 50 items (roughly) long, and the top 9 (i think) items made the cut. It was ALOT of hard work, and politicing, and negotiating, but it was very entertaining with all the renders and pleas to encourage votes for "their platform".

I just checked the thread on a fellow pc member account and its... "Ho hum". Now with only 10 items to vote on... and nothing really note worthy, and then the prices only gets dropped another 50% and not to PC prices... it just aint that fun = not worth it.

So im GLADLY sitting on the sidelines with you guys this year.

"The ole' Daz forums she AINT what she use to be... AINT what she use to be... AINT what she use to be".

In years past. myself, and a few select others formed The Animals & Monsters Consortium (AMC) and we rounded up votes and basically competed with the other factions jockeying for placement in the top spots: "New Stuff", "M4 Stuff", "V4 Stuff", "A3 Stuff", etc. to ensure we got certain things we wanted every week. But thats when the list of potentials were like 50 items (roughly) long, and the top 9 (i think) items made the cut. It was ALOT of hard work, and politicing, and negotiating, but it was very entertaining with all the renders and pleas to encourage votes for "their platform".

I remember that!

2010 was a blast (The top 10 won, that year. Ties for 10th place would be decided by a mod, or someone).
People who had an item would post their appealing renders, and/or extoll the virtues of it. Those who didn't have it would post promos or links.
The list was so huge, that people would post updates on the vote, with the current top 10 and runners up. Items that slipped below 10 would see a desperate burst of lobbying. Everybody was making their case. I even got into it, a little, as a newb.

I got DS3A for $1.88! When too many people missed week 1, they put it in week 3, too! (It won again).

I think they reduced the nominees, or winners, or something in 2011, I don't find a saved page, though.

And now... well...

For those of you who never saw that, and can't quite picture it...

I'm not going to count them all, but here's a list of what you could vote for in week 4 in 2010. (I happened to save some pages).

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I've been considering re-joining the PC club but i have held off for the anniversary month and now I can't even see what the announcement says? I've really been on the fence about it considering all of the problems people have been having with the pc club lately but seeing what the offer is for restarting/renewal might just tip the balance in favor of going ahead and doing it...

I got the same message. Also, I don't see the PC prices any more & haven't gotten my October PC coupon code.

I don't get it. Sept.1, I got an email informing me that as a "Welcome Back" promotion, I was getting PC club membership free through December & the email. I can only guess that the membership was mistakenly done through 9/30, not 12/31.